Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

William E. Wallner photographs. MS 264. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Tim and Lynn Mason in 2000 and 2003.

Biography

Reverend William Edward Wallner was born in Poland in 1904. He was the only survivor of eleven children in his family. The
rest of his family lost their lives during the Holocaust.

Rev. Dr. Wallner was Chaplain General of the Polish Army for many years leading up to World War II and also a member of the
pre-war Polish Cabinet. After the war he became Pastor of the 6000 member Lutheran Church in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He became
a U.S. citizen in early 1955 and settled in San Bernadino area where he took up photography.